Lee Siyoung, Suspected Of Delivering Birth Without Her Husband’s Consent, Is Not Charged.

The legal team representing Lee Si-young has stated that their client will not face consequences for giving birth via a frozen embryo transplant without the approval of her ex-husband. While appearing on YTN Radio’s ‘Attorney Wonhwa Lee’s Case X-Files’ on the 17th, attorney Jeongmin Lee discussed Siyoung Lee’s delivery. “Lee Si-young and her ex-husband had created fertilized embryos and frozen them,” revealed attorney Lee Jeong-min. Without her knowledge or agreement, Lee Si-young acquired the fertilized embryos after her divorce and gave birth to a child. In response to “Is there a legal problem with Lee Si-young’s choice?” the answer was, “I don’t think it will lead to criminal punishment.” “While the Bioethics Act does include provisions requiring the consent of both parties when creating an embryo or receiving a fertilized embryo, there are no such provisions when receiving an embryo transplant,” he stated. Thus, no punishment is required when permission is not obtained according to the provisions.

Lee Won-hwa told reporters, “Lee Si-young’s ex-husband did not consent, but it seems unlikely that it will lead to a dispute since he later revealed that he would fulfill his responsibilities as a father.” Lee Jeong-min pointed out, “If the consent form includes a transplant and she read it and signed it, it will be a little difficult to raise an issue later.” “Theoretically, it seems questionable that if consent is obtained from the person involved when creating a fertilized embryo, it would be better to obtain consent even when the person is conscious,” Attorney Lee Jeong-min said in response to the question of whether the hospital was in a problem. Given how infrequent it is for a doctor to suddenly declare, “I refuse the transplant,” it’s hard to perceive the original consent procedure as problematic. It cannot be inferred that the child is the offspring of the former spouse if the transplant occurred after a divorce, he stated, in reference to the process of establishing paternity. Jung Woo-sung is used as an example of an illegitimate child who carries the DNA of his ex-husband. After marrying a businessman in 2017, Lee Si-young welcomed a son the following year. She finalized her divorce in March following an eight-year marriage. Four months down the road, she came clean about her involvement in a frozen embryo transplant that had resulted in her pregnancy with her ex-husband’s child.